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GawgPorkChop
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3 years ago
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Add frame rate counter to EA overlay

Please EA, your new desktop app is fine IMO but there is one major and inexcusable oversight. With game overlay, or other method, there is STILL no FRAME RATE counter! Even Origin had one. This...
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    EA_Nils
    2 years ago

    @GawgPorkChop, from your post history, I saw that you had been playing Dead Space.

    Dead Space is a game based on the Frostbite engine, and these come with a built-in FPS counter. The below steps should hence work.

    Frostbite engine steps:
    FPS Counter

    1. Open the command console by pressing the ~ key. (This key mapping might be tricky for some locale settings, try setting the keyboard in Windows to EN-US, if you can't get it to work with another locale)
    2. For toggling the FPS counter on, enter the following commands and press enter:
      • PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
    3. For toggling the FPS counter off, enter the following commands and press enter:
      • PerfOverlay.DrawFps 0

    FPS Graph

    1. Open the command console by pressing the ~ key.
    2. For toggling the FPS graph on, enter the following commands and press enter:
      • PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1
    3. For toggling the FPS graph off, enter the following commands and press enter:
      • PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 0

     Let us know how you get on!

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EA_Nils
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2 years ago

@GawgPorkChop, from your post history, I saw that you had been playing Dead Space.

Dead Space is a game based on the Frostbite engine, and these come with a built-in FPS counter. The below steps should hence work.

Frostbite engine steps:
FPS Counter

  1. Open the command console by pressing the ~ key. (This key mapping might be tricky for some locale settings, try setting the keyboard in Windows to EN-US, if you can't get it to work with another locale)
  2. For toggling the FPS counter on, enter the following commands and press enter:
    • PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
  3. For toggling the FPS counter off, enter the following commands and press enter:
    • PerfOverlay.DrawFps 0

FPS Graph

  1. Open the command console by pressing the ~ key.
  2. For toggling the FPS graph on, enter the following commands and press enter:
    • PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1
  3. For toggling the FPS graph off, enter the following commands and press enter:
    • PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 0

 Let us know how you get on!

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GawgPorkChop
Rising Hotshot
2 years ago

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that. I had no idea at all that the frostbite engine could do that.  Your instructions are clear too. Much appreciatted.

BTW: I am taking a break from DeadSpace remake due to another new game, but will be back to finish it.

About the topic of frame rate counter, as said, you have been very helpful. I didn't expect such a reply. So my next sentence is most certainly not directed at you, a general comment to the whole EA team who code, update etc, the desktop app. I still think it should have a frame counter absolutely. Anyway your message keeps me quiet about that for a while, so I'm fine, but I really do think it should be added. I mean it adds a fair bit of funtionality to EA desktop app. I am sure many would be glad of such an option.

Cheers!! 🙂

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